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Historical Note:

The first general meeting for the establishment of a Jewish Counselorship on campus at San Diego State College was held on
May 20, 1947 at the San Diego Club. This meeting involved prominent members of the Jewish community in San Diego, such as
Al Hutler of the United Jewish Fund, Abraham Nasatir, professor at San Diego State College, Morrie Douglas of the Lasker Lodge
B'nai B'rith, Morrie Kraus, Rabbi Jehudah Cohen. Ed Breitbard, and others. Also in attendance were 50 Jewish students from
campus. The installation ceremony for the newly formed Jewish Student Organization was held September 30, 1947.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Corporate Name:

San Diego State University -- Students -- Societies, etc.

Genre/Form of Material:

Organizational Records

Topical Term:

Hillel of San Diego State University -- Archives

Jewish college students -- California -- San Diego -- Societies, etc

Jews -- California -- San Diego -- Societies, etc

Scrapbooks -- Specimens

Administrative Information

Custodial History:

Dr. Lawrence Baron donated this collection to the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego November 1, 1999 (JHSSD #1999.05.)
It was transferred to the Library and Information Access May 22, 2008.

Conditions Governing Use:

The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.

Conditions Governing Access:

This collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation:

Identification of item, folder title, box number, Hillel of San Diego Scrapbooks, Special Collections and University Archives,
Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of four scrapbooks documenting the history of the Jewish Student Organization of San Diego from 1947
to 1976, preliminary decades to the formation of Hillel of San Diego under the auspices of the United Jewish Federation in
1977. The scrapbooks include by-laws and other organizational records, flyers, newspaper clippings, photographs, and newsletters
advertising student events both on and off campus. Scrapbooks are filed chronologically.

Dr. Lawrence Baron donated this collection to the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego November 1, 1999 (JHSSD #1999.05.)
It was transferred to the Library and Information Access May 22, 2008.